I'm just new in owning a PC so i'm exploring evrything so I download everything i think will do good to my PC tru Window's download site,now my Internet Explorer keeps on warning me that they have to close evrytime i Surf the Internet.
Is it because of my Downloads that cause the problems in my Internet?or Internet Explorer has just problems at this time?
It's the reason why I want to Reformat again my PC thanks
2007-08-18 12:31:00 · 5 answers · asked by danilo_gomez2000 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Reformatting doesn't hurt anything, but usually is total overkill. Anyone that does it 10 times in a month is nuts. What you need to evaluate is your personal surfing habits. You are obviously downloading things that are causing you problems. Do you have a virus scanner? What about spyware protection? If you do things right, I'd say you should be able to go a long, long time...years, without reformatting.
2007-08-18 12:44:59 · answer #1 · answered by TECH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a good virus program, and Spam and Malware software you shouldn't need to reformat your Harddrive unless you are doing something you shouldn't be doing.
I have a Pc that I have never had to re-format, simply by keeping the mentioned software up to date and run it often.
Don
2007-08-18 13:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frequent reformat is bad for your files (you lose them) and waste a lot of time. Win XP repair woul be better. OR you could consider another browser like Mozilla's Firefox.
2007-08-18 12:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes downloading everything is a rather bad thing, but no reformatting is not bad if done more than once a month, you may lose a few mb though.
2007-08-18 13:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by Ryen B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I've done it about 10 times in a month.
2007-08-18 12:37:37 · answer #5 · answered by Pelonpelacas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋